Apprentices Act,1961
Act No : 52
Section :
Definitions.
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- 7*[(a) "All India Council" means the All India Council of Technical Education established by the resolution of the Government of India in the former Ministry of Education No. F. 16-10/44-E.III, dated the 30th November, 1945;] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. This Act has been extended to Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I; Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. 2. The words "in trades" omitted by Act 27 of 1973, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1- 12-1974). 3. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-8-1968). 4. 1st March, 1962; vide Notification No. G.S.R. 246, dated 12-2- 1962, see Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3(i) p. 218. 5. Cl. (b) omitted by Act 27 of 1973, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 6. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for Cl. (c) (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 7. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 368 1*[(aa)] "apprentice" means a person who is undergoing apprenticeship training 2*** in pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship; 3*[(aaa) "apprenticeship training" means a course of training in any industry or establishment undergone in pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship and under prescribed terms and conditions which may be different for different categories of apprentices;] (b) "Apprenticeship Adviser" means the Central Apprenticeship Adviser appointed under sub-section (1) of section 26 of the State Apprenticeship Adviser appointed under sub-section (2) of that section; (c) "Apprenticeship Council" means the Central Apprenticeship Council or the State Apprenticeship Council established under sub-section (1) of section 24; (d) "appropriate Government" means,-- (1) in relation to-- (a) the Central Apprenticeship Council, or 3*[(aa) the Regional Boards, or (aaa) the practical training of graduate or technician apprentices or of technician (vocational) apprentices, or] (b) any establishment of any railway, major port, mine or oilfield, or (c) any establishment owned, controlled or managed by-- (i) the Central Government or a department of the Central Government, (ii) a company in which not less than fifty-one per cent. of the share capital is held by the Central Government or partly by that Government and partly by one or more State Governments, (iii) a corporation (including a co- operative society) established by or under a Central Act which is owned, controlled or managed by the Central Government, the Central Government; (2) in relation to-- (a) a State Apprenticeship Council, or --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cl. (a) re-lettered by Act 27 of 1973, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 2. The words "in a designated trade" omitted by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 3. Subs. by Act 41 of 1986, s. 2 (w.e.f. 16.12.1987). 369 (b) any establishment other than an establishment specified in sub-clause (1) of this clause, the State Government; 1*[(dd) "Board or State Council of Technical Education" means the Board or State Council of Technical Education established by the State Government;] (e) "designated trade" 2*[means any trade or occupation or any subject field in engineering or technology] 3*[or any vocational course] which the Central Government, after consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify as a designated trade for the purposes of this Act; (f) "employer" means any person who employs one or more other persons to do any work in an establishment for remuneration and includes any person entrusted with the supervision and control of employees in such establishment; (g) "establishment" includes any place where any industry is carried on; (h) "establishment in private sector" means an establishment which is not an establishment in public sector; (i) "establishment in public sector" means an establishment owned, controlled or managed by-- (1) the Government or a department of the Government; (2) a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); (3) a corporation (including a co-operative society) established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, which is owned, controlled or managed by the Government; (4) a local authority; 4*[(j) "graduate or technician apprentice" means an apprentice who holds, or is undergoing training in order that he may hold a degree or diploma in engineering or technology or equivalent qualification granted by any institution recognised by the Government and undergoes apprenticeship training in any such subject field in engineering or technology as may be prescribed; --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ins. by Act 27 of 1973, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "means a trade" (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 3. Ins. by Act 41 of 1986, s. 2 (w.e.f. 16-12-1987). 4. Subs. by Act 27 of 1973, s. 4, for clauses (j) and (k) (w.e.f. 1-12-1974). 370 (k) "industry" means any industry or business in which any trade, occupation or subject field in engineering or technology 1*[or any vocational course] may be specified as a designated trade;] (l) "National Council" means the National Council for Training in Vocational Trades established by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour (Directorate General of Resettlement and Employment) No. TR/E.P-24/56, dated the 21st August, 1956; 1*[and re-named as the National Council for Vocational Training by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour (Directorate-General of Employment and Training) No. DGET/12/21/80-TC, dated the 30th September, 1981] (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 2*[(mm) "Regional Board" means any Board of Apprenticeship Training registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras or Kanpur;] (n) "State" includes a Union territory; (o) "State Council" means a State Council for Training in Vocacational Trades established by the State Government; (p) "State Government" in relation to a Union territory means the Administrator thereof; 1*[(pp) "Technician (vocational) apprentice" means an apprentice who holds or is undergoing training in order that he may hold a certificate in vocational course involving two years of study after the completion of the secondary stage of school education recognised by the All-India Council and undergoes apprenticeship training in any such subject field in any vocational course as may be prescribed;] 2*[(q) "trade apprentice" means an apprentice who undergoes apprenticeship training in any such trade or occupation as may be prescribed.]
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